HR Administrator/Advisor (LUM60/1917)

Luminate Education Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminate Education Group is seeking an HR Administrator/Advisor to enhance their HR services. The role involves supporting various HR functions including onboarding, payroll, and employee relations. Ideal candidates will have HR experience and a strong customer service focus, contributing to a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent pension schemes

Memberships and discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in HR administration and customer service.
• Ability to manage a busy workload and prioritize tasks.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office Packages.

Responsibilities

• Support stakeholders throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Provide high-quality administrative support on HR matters.
• Maintain accurate HR records and produce reports.

Skills

Customer support

Attention to detail

HR systems knowledge

Education

HR administration experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

Luminate Education Group are recruiting for a HR Administrator/Advisor to join our HR Shared Service team. This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced Administrator to work alongside us to drive the HR service offering to our customers. We are a friendly and supportive team, with a passion to deliver an outstanding service to all our stakeholders across the group.

As a HR Administrator/Advisor, you would be supporting the stakeholders within your hub at all points of the employee lifecycle, including pre-employment checks, onboarding, staff changes, maternity leave, and payroll.

The successful candidate will already have a good grounding in HR administration. Equally important is a positive approach to customer service, an ability to manage a busy workload and attention to detail. If you are a committed individual looking for an exciting challenge in the education sector, we would love to hear from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest and number of applications, so early application is advised.

If you would like the opportunity to discuss the role informally, please contact ZenaJohnson-Cawdron, Senior HR Business Partner [e-mail]

What You Will Do

• First line of contact for your hub HR queries
• Working collaboratively within the team and across the group to ensure the service supports managers, employees and key stakeholders.
• Providing high quality administrative support on HR matters.
• Maintaining accurate HR records
• Producing reports, data and support (including note taking) for Employee Relations cases and other HR activities.
• Completing pre-employment compliance checks for new starters.
• Ensuring that all changes are communicated to payroll in line with payroll deadlines.

About You

• Previous experience of working in a varied HR role.
• Knowledge of a broad range of HR systems and processes.
• Able to provide good customer support.
• Able to prioritise work with competing demands and deadlines
• A competent user of Microsoft Office Packages, including Word and Excel, and experience of using HR systems.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Generous Annual leave entitlement- If you work full time, you'll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
  • Support Staff 39days
  • Academic 44days
  • Senior Management 44days
• Excellent Pension schemes
  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
• Memberships and discounts -employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting -discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities -this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College, Keighley College, Leeds City College,Leeds Sixth Form College,Pudsey Sixth Form College, Leeds Conservatoire andUniversity Centre Leeds.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity andinclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed. By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us pleaseClick hereto learn more about our EDI objectives.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.

£26,429 to £27,981 per annum